I ain't goin' to take chances with him.

It ain't my way to take chances I don't have to take." "You better not do any croakin', Bill.

I won't stand for _that_.

I'm tough, and I've done plenty of tough things in my day, but I never croaked a little kid like him, and I won't stand for it." "Don't you go and get soft now.

'Tain't any worse to croak a kid than a man.